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The Cable Guy [DVD] [1996]

DVD ~ Jim Carrey
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  • Actors: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal
  • Directors: Ben Stiller
  • Writers: Lou Holtz Jr.
  • Producers: Andrew Licht, Bernie Brillstein, Brad Grey, Jeffrey A. Mueller, Judd Apatow
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Sep 2005
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CYO1
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,016 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
16:9 Wide Screen
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Theatrical Trailer
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Synopsis
When a young urbanite calls to order cable TV for his apartment he gets much more than he bargained for, as the demented title character arrives and proceeds to insinuate his way into the beleaguered customer's life. Raised by television as a child and starved for human contact, the "cable guy" is a darkly hilarious carnation of the modern age. Carey's manic karaoke rendition of Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love" is a twisted highlight.

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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Jim Carrey's "darkest" but not the "funniest" comedy..., 26 Jul 2006
By H. Serkan SILAHSOR (Ankara, TURKEY) - See all my reviews
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I think "Cable Guy" is underrated by many people. It doesn't have the best story and the best casting in the world really but all the scenes are shot so well and it's all very original. It has a unique comedic flavor: it comes and goes between psychotic thriller to dark comedy which makes it uneven. The movie begins as the story of two lonely people - the cableguy, who tries to cure his loneliness by being your best friend 24-7, and the average lonely guy played by Broderick who deals with life and relationships in the average American way. The movie then rapidly becomes a satire/warning of TV culture in general and its isolating effect on people like the cableguy and others less extreme. At least it gives us a simple message: "Get rid of your television, it makes you stupid, unsocial and it enslaves your mind." Liked it...
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Smart Original Black Comedy, 18 Feb 2007
This comedy is very dark, and may dissapoint Carrey fans for not being as laugh out loud funny as his other films. I thouroughly enjoyed this film, I am a fan of this kind of comedy and I think both Stiller and Carrey manage to pull it off effectively. The idea of an obssessive cable guy is quite humourous, but this is taken to the extreme to reveal a very disturbing character in the Cable Guy. The Cable Guy is one of these films that is funny in places and in other places generates a sort of nervous (should I really be laughing?) laughter, giving the comedy meaning rather than just comedy for the sake of comedy. It makes the audience think. The roles are well acted and each scene is a joy to watch, it is exciting and refreshing to see Carrey in this role, he is still Carrey but less rubber faced and more creepy than usual. I don't know if I would say this is his best film but it is worth a watch maybe two. I took a gamble buying it after hearing it is seen by some as Carrey's best film. Also it was only £[...] from Woolworths.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Much Underrated Comedy, 7 Jul 2007
By J. Roberts "Jinny" (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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Steven Kovak, who has just split up with his girlfriend, decides to have cable TV installed in his apartment. The Cable Guy, known as 'Chip', arrives to install it, and then attempts to befriend Steven. However, as Steven very quickly discovers, Chip is dangerously unstable and verging on the dangerous.

All of this is given a comic slant, however. Chip rapidly becomes the thorn in Steven's flesh as he begins cropping up everywhere that Steven goes. His behaviour is erratic, abnormal, socially backward, and sometimes just downright eerie. Jim Carrey was never more superbly cast than he is in this film, and the taken-aback bemusement of Steven is also portrayed well by Matthew Broderick.

There are some truly funny scenes, especially one where Chip gatecrashes a basketball game which Steven is taking part in, to hilarious effect. Later, the two visit a medieval themed restaurant, and more chaos ensues. One of the most memorable scenes unfolds when Chip decides to throw Steven a house party, bringing in a Karaoke machine and various misfits who Chip has installed cable TV for. Oh, and a prostitue, too, who Chip proceeds to fix Steven up with. The scene in which Jim Carrey puts his heart and soul into a rendition of Jefferson Airplane's 'Somebody To Love', is as hilarious a scene as I have witnessed in any comedy, but it's a bizarre scene, and a thoroughly bizarre humour, which a person either finds hilarious or completely unfunny. I personally thought the film was inspired.

Events take a sinister turn after Steven discovers that he has slept with a prostitute, and he tells Chip he doesn't want him as a friend any more. Chip then begins deliberately making a stalker of himself and sets about causing Steven's life to unravel. Carrey's demented harrassment of Steven is eerie yet comical, and when Chip actually turns up at Steven's family home, persuading them he is a friend of Steven's, the results are cringe-inducing, but side-splitting.

This film will either appeal to your sense of humour, or totally conflict with it, but rest assured, if you find it funny, you'll find watching it a thoroughly enjoyable hour or so of your life.
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1.0 out of 5 stars No, no, no!
As a fan of Jim Carey's madness. I went to see this at the cinema. And you know you're guaranteed that someone will laugh out loud at a scene at the cinema even if it's not that... Read more
Published on 26 Jul 2006 by Mr. L. Stacy

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